Agents In Use
Claude, in use.Anthropic’s Claude includes a chat assistant, Claude Code, a command-line coding agent, and Cowork for delegated desktop work with files and tools.
Maker: Anthropic
Writing, research, coding and desktop work.
news.ycombinator.comThe author reports numerous runtime additions, expanded tests, parallel execution under two seconds, and performance improvements while reviewing every line.
AddedClaudenews.ycombinator.comThe author reports that Claude resolved output differences between the C and C++ versions, including restoring original behavior where apparent fixes broke byte equivalence.
AddedClaudenews.ycombinator.comThe author and a coworker report fixing over 200 failing integration tests for parity with the old code in one week, followed by another code review before launch.
AddedClaudenews.ycombinator.comThe author reports rebuilding the app, adding mobile clients with feature parity, and reducing monthly costs from about $20 to $0. They also describe remaining code quality issues.
AddedClaudevia Claude Codenews.ycombinator.comThe author reports queryable meeting notes across months of conversations and increasingly accurate summaries requiring less intervention as the context document accumulates corrections.
AddedClaudevia Claude and Coworknews.ycombinator.comThe author reports a core systems-language prototype in two weeks, followed by context and supervision problems that led them back to manual coding.
AddedClaudevia Claude Codenews.ycombinator.comThe author reports a deployed Telegram Ads SaaS with 24 interactive HTML pages, 60+ API endpoints, 311 migrations, Kubernetes infrastructure and Stripe and PayPal billing.
AddedClaudevia Claude Codenews.ycombinator.comClaude identified a bad IX-Denver peering connection between the ISP and Fastly; the author later contacted the ISP and says it confirmed the diagnosis.
AddedClaudenews.ycombinator.comThe author reports obtaining the implant manufacturer, procedure notes and installation X-rays within a couple of hours, giving them a path toward resolving the dental problem.
AddedClaudevia Coworknews.ycombinator.comThe author sent both outputs: the proposal needed about ten minutes of polishing, while the slides required formatting fixes and replacement screenshots.
AddedClaudevia Coworknews.ycombinator.comThe author reports successful trials with mostly standard CRUD and REST API apps, while describing the generated code as messy and noting unresolved hardening and maintenance issues.
AddedClaudevia Claude Code workflows and OctopusGardennews.ycombinator.comThe author reports deploying PodGen.io after about three weeks of Claude conversations, with credit pricing, podcast generation, distribution integration and a user dashboard.
AddedClaudevia Cursornews.ycombinator.comThe author reports a working Figma binary-protocol decoder used daily for several days, supporting scenegraph extraction, clean SVG exports and design-to-HTML mapping.
AddedClaudenews.ycombinator.comClaude Code implemented a Go proxy exposing an HTTP request/callback interface over a WebSocket-only service, then tested it live and fixed review findings.
AddedClaudevia Claude Codenews.ycombinator.comClaude Code built a menu-bar clipboard manager through several iterations and implemented a lightweight native markdown editor from a GPT 5.5 outline.
AddedClaudevia Claude Codenews.ycombinator.comScrapAI delegates site analysis and extraction-rule setup to an agent, then uses validated JSON configurations for recurring Scrapy collection without per-page AI.
AddedClaudevia Claude Codenews.ycombinator.comWesner used Claude Code to document Micropolis, published the documents and prompt, and converted them into audio. Don Hopkins reviewed the documentation and praised specific coverage.
AddedClaudevia Claude Codenews.ycombinator.comCodev combines git-tracked specifications, enforced phase transitions, isolated builder worktrees, and Claude, Gemini, and Codex reviews. Its author reported 20 bugs caught before shipping.
AddedClaudevia Claude Codenews.ycombinator.comA captured HAR file became OpenAPI documentation, followed by a local Python MCP server that used Playwright to obtain credentials before calling internal APIs.
AddedClaudevia Claude Codenews.ycombinator.comClaude completed overdue upgrades on a branch while the author checked in occasionally. The team then performed several engineer days of manual testing and deployed.
AddedClaudenews.ycombinator.comAn author used Claude Code to clean up a routing app built with Antigravity, then live-tested its shadow-aware routes and identified missing tree data.
AddedClaudevia Claude Codenews.ycombinator.comClaude Code helped refactor a C# reporting DLL, add dependency injection and tests, and create a CLI; the developer repaired logic errors before final release testing.
AddedClaudevia Claude Codenews.ycombinator.comA React developer reviewed an initial Claude Code refactor before expanding it to hundreds of edits; most worked, but declaration errors required manual repairs.
AddedClaudevia Claude Codenews.ycombinator.comClaude Code drafted image collection, labeling and PyTorch prediction tools for a subway-status app, but the author needed substantial manual fixes.
AddedClaudevia Claude Code